Sign this petition re: poultry workers and paid sick leave

Tyson must provide for its workers, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Sign this petition demanding that all workers at Tyson receive paid sick leave immediately. 

Dear MoveOn member,

My name is Magaly Licolli, and I am a grassroots organizer with Venceremos, an organization dedicated to protecting poultry workers against the injustices of companies like Tyson.

Every day, I speak to poultry workers who are terrified for their lives and the safety of their communities. They need your help now more than ever. Poultry workers around the country are fighting for safer working conditions in an already incredibly dangerous workplace.^1,2 As of April 21, at least six Tyson workers had died from COVID-19, and outbreaks continue to occur at Tyson plants across the country.

Workers have to choose between coming into work while sick or staying home and going without a paycheck. Tyson needs to do more to protect its workers.

Sign this petition now demanding that Tyson provide paid sick leave to its workers immediately.

Tyson must provide for its workers, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Sign this petition demanding that all workers at Tyson receive paid sick leave immediately. 

In Arkansas alone, where Tyson is headquartered, there are over 30,000 workers producing the chicken that ends up on plates all across the country. These workers are immigrants, refugees, and from minority communities that are not afforded the opportunity to speak out against this injustice.

We demand that Tyson give paid sick leave to employees in addition to providing safer, cleaner working conditions. Poultry workers must also be compensated for being quarantined to prevent further spread of the virus that can potentially harm more workers. Finally, they must receive generous hazard pay for risking their lives as COVID-19 rapidly spreads in our communities.

Worker health is public health! Please sign and share this petition.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks for all you do. 

–Magaly Licolli, Venceremos

Sources:

1. "Poultry Worker's Death Highlights Spread of Coronavirus in Meat Plants," The New York Times, April 9, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/120729?t=10&akid=262736%2E10220574%2E1MYy2q

2. "'If one of us gets sick, we all get sick': the food workers on the coronavirus front line," The Guardian, April 17, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/120730?t=12&akid=262736%2E10220574%2E1MYy2q

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